Extinct yak relative discovered from DNA in Denisova caveMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Genetic analysis of hundreds of tiny bone fragments found in the same cave that yielded the first fossil remains of the Denisovans has revealed that the region was once also home to a previously unknown species of yak | |
Can we harness the brain’s deep-cleaning system to prevent Alzheimer’s?Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000 The glymphatic system is the brain's recently discovered network for flushing out toxins. Now, we're uncovering surprising ways to boost it to protect brain health | |
AI finds bafflingly complex but beautiful symmetrical Venn diagramMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:40:13 +0000 Creating rotationally symmetrical Venn diagrams of increasing size is a long-standing mathematical challenge - now an amateur has used AI to generate the largest ones yet | |
Nearly 200 people isolated after lab worker in Russia dies of plagueMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:19:15 +0000 A lab accident is said to have led to the death of a woman from pneumonic plague in the Irkutsk region of Siberia, leading to nearly 200 possible contacts being put under observation | |
Compressing bones releases molecules that ease traumatic brain injuriesMon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Pressing down on shin bones improved cognitive and motor symptoms in mice and pigs with traumatic brain injuries | |
What disasters will El Niño bring over the next year?Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 From wildfires to landslides to coral bleaching, past trends suggest what extreme weather the record El Niño will bring – but the world isn’t prepared | |
Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio who developed optogeneticsMon, 05 Oct 2026 09:37:07 +0000 The 2026 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for the development of techniques for controlling brain cells with light | |
arXiv might not survive AI slop onslaught, warn mathematiciansMon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Mathematicians warn that pre-print service arXiv is so flooded with AI slop papers that it has become virtually unusable – but the service has struck back at "low-value" submissions with a new limit for uploaders | |
Should we keep children away from sugar for their first 1000 days?Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000 The list of age-related conditions we can avoid by limiting sugar is shockingly long. But does that mean we should stop our children eating any sugar at all? Columnist Alice Klein takes a look at the evidence for cutting out sugar from conception to age 2 | |
Fossil mammal with reptile-like teeth changes picture of our evolutionFri, 02 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000 Unlike most modern mammals, which get just two sets of teeth in their lifetime, an ancient species from the Cretaceous, found in China, appears to have had the ability to replace its teeth throughout its life | |